Rich Tandler

The Redskins’ defense forced a three and out on the Titans’ first possession but they raised concerns about their rushing defense on their next two drives. On the Titans’ first play after a Washington TD, Chris Johnson rolled 58 yards for a touchdown. There were issues on all three levels of the defense as nose…

The Redskins didn’t get much going on their first possession of their preseason opener but they got things rolling on their second. Kirk Cousins went four for four passing, including a touchdown toss to Fred Davis to cap the seven-play, 54-yard drive. They also were aided by a 15-yard personal foul on Bernard Pollard and…

Got word from Adam Schefter of ESPN that some Redskins starters besides RG3 will be sitting out. It’s not just no action for RGIII. Redskins will not play RB Alfred Morris, WR Pierre Garcon and OT Trent Williams. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 8, 2013 Not at all surprised by Garcon’s absence, but I thought…

Join me, JP (in Bethesda) and Tarik (in Nashville) for our chat during tonight’s game. We’ll get going at around 7:30 so join in to talk about what’s going on as the Redskins open up their preseason against the Titans. See you then!

Don’t try to tell Titan’s coach Mike Munchak that preseason games are meaningless. He means business. “We want to win,” he said this week. “That’s it. We want to win. I don’t look at it any other way. I’m not going to sit here and say, ‘Well we played so-and-so, that’s why we didn’t win.’…

Robert Griffin III will be the subject of an hour-long special on ESPN on August 27. The film, which chronicles Griffin’s rookie season, knee injury, rehab and even part of this year’s training camp, is produced by Gatorade and NFL Films. It was filmed at multiple locations both on and off the field. This 49-second…

RICHMOND—Here is what you need to know on this Thursday, August 8, the day the Redskins open their preseason against the Titans. Join us for our game chat It’s been 214 days since the last one so we know that you can’t wait for our game chat tonight. We’ll get going at about 7:30 to…

RICHMOND—Here is what you need to know on this Wednesday, August 7, one day before the Redskins open their preseason against the Titans. Joins us for our game chat It’s been 213 days since the last one so we know that you can’t wait for our game chat tomorrow. We’ll get going at about 7:30…

RICHMOND–Here’s a look at today’s practice via the tweets of Tandler and Tarik. Don’t look for RG3’s passing stats because he did not participate in 7 on 7 drills. It was a partial day of for Griffin, who will get three more days off as he will not be playing on Thursday when the Redskins…

RICHMOND—The last time that there were questions about the health of the right knee of Robert Griffin III the quarterback told the coach that he could play on it. The coach believed him and let him play. That was seven months ago today during the Redskins’ playoff game against the Seahawks. The result, of course,…

Here is the latest from the Redskins via Twitter: Due to rain, the morning walkthrough session of today’s open practices are CLOSED to the public. #Redskins will practice elsewhere. — Redskins (@Redskins) August 6, 2013 At this point, no change has been made to afternoon practice schedule. Gates will open at 1 PM for 3:20…

RICHMOND—Here is what you need to know on this Tuesday, August 6, two days before the Redskins open their preseason against the Titans. Cousins will pull extra duty in preseason Kirk Cousins is in an odd spot. Since Robert Griffin III is only a partial participant in training camp practices, Cousins is the No. 1…

RICHMOND—Robert Griffin III isn’t going to retire any time soon, hopefully not until sometime around the 2030 season. But he may want to have a future as a coach and it looks like he wants to start training for it on Thursday. During his Monday press conference, the rehabbing quarterback was asked how he would…

RICHMOND—The Redskins and their fans should get a glimpse of what might have been on Thursday when Jake Locker starts at quarterback for the Titans. Going into the 2011 draft, there was plenty of chatter that Mike Shanahan was enamored with the athletic Locker going back to the quarterback’s sophomore year with the Washington Huskies.…

RICHMOND—Here is what you need to know on this Monday, August 5, three days before the Redskins open their preseason against the Titans. Starting the next phase The Redskins are transitioning into the second stage of their training camp. After nine days of practices in a 10-day span and doing nothing but hitting each other…

RICHMOND—Here is what you need to know on this Sunday, August 4, four days before the Redskins play the Titans in their preseason opener. That Was the Week That Was —The Redskins have just three full practices next week and so don’t look for any major changes to what Robert Griffin III does. Mike Shanahan…

RICHMOND—It was Fan Appreciation Day, it was crowded, and it was hot. And they had a lively two-hour practice to wrap up the week in Richmond. —The Redskins practiced in full pads for the first time on Saturday. Under Mike Shanahan the team has usually practices in shorts but with new rules requiring players to…

RICHMOND—Here is what you need to know on this Saturday, August 3, five days before the Redskins open their preseason against the Titans. Will Barnett play special teams? Usually, backup linebackers play special teams. They are some of the best athletes on the team and have a combination of size and speed that makes the…

RICHMOND—And now there are ten. The Redskins put out their media release for their first preseason game and in the mountain of information there is a chart that tells you when each current member of the team joined the Redskins and how they came into the league. The chart reveals that we are one away…

RICHMOND—The depth chart at right tackle is perfectly clear. Well, sort of anyway. “You take a look at our tackle situation and I think it is very obvious to everybody who is first, second and third team right now, but there’s a lot of different scenarios that can occur,” Mike Shanahan said this week. So…

RICHMOND—Here is what you need to know on this Friday, August 2, six days before the Redskins open their preseason against the Titans. Don’t worry about Meriweather–yet The Redskins have had seven days of training camp practices and Brandon Meriweather has participated in very few of them. Although the starting strong safety often dresses in…

RICHMOND—Was Nick Barnett brought in to be London Fletcher’s successor? First, let’s establish that we don’t know for sure if Fletcher is going to go anywhere next year. He has not addressed the issue of retirement and he probably won’t do so until after the season is over. But Fletcher will be 39 by the…

RICHMOND—Here is what you need to know on this Thursday, August 1, seven days before the Redskins open their preseason against the Titans. Redskins short handed but have enough to get by According to the NFL, the Redskins have 90 players on their roster. But truth be told they are working with fewer than that.…